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Different sources credit different people for the design. But the Legislature in 1997 passed House Resolution 1123, commemorating Montgomery County as the birthplace of the Lone Star Flag. The measure credited Dr. Charles Stewart, the Republic of Texas secretary of state, with the creating the flag. However, The Handbook of Texas says the designer was unknown but could have been Sen. William Wharton.

"It goes without saying that the use of the colors of the American flag speaks to the American background of the majority at the time Texas was founded," de la Teja said. "And the lone star speaks to how Texas saw itself as a unitary state, a single entity and separate."

According to the flag retirement ceremony, which is written into state law, the blue field "stands for the valor of our ancestors in the battles for our country."

The white "stands for the purity in all our Texas hearts! It represents the honor that each of us should pay to our state each day"

The red stripe "is for all of the men and women who have died in service of our state whether as members of the armed services or as citizen Samaritans," and the Lone Star represents all of Texas and "stands for our unity as one for God, State and Country."